Improved snap-hook



lln'rrnn STATES PAT-ENT OFFICE.

crans w. sALADEE, or NEWARK, onto.

impact/Eo SNAP-Hoort.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, Grecs W. SALADEE, of

Newark, county ofLicking, State ot'Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Gonstrncting SnapHooks; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact description et' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

'Ih-e nature of my invention consists- First. In that ot' forming the body of the snap an open or skeleton frame-work, whereby I attain the advantages of lightness, strength, and ornamentation. Another advantage I gainby this peculiar form oi' the body ot the snap is that it may as readily be stamped from a sheet of iron or other suitable metal and afterward bent into shape asoast of malleable iron, so 'that it can be manufactured either wrought, stamped, or cast-an advantage not possessed by any ot' the various different snaps now in use.

Second. In that ot spreading the point of the hook into such shape as to form a guard to throw thering away from the spring ofthe snap, and. thereby' prevent the ring from being nnsnapped by any position it may assume in the snap while in use. v f

Third. In that of providing the bottom side of the point of the hook with an indentation i'or the reception oi' the pointV or front end of the spring of the snap, by which the spring is prevented 'from vbeing 'pushed laterally away froniits central position and bearing on the under side of ,the hook; v Y y Fourth. "In that of' forming ahook on the end of theepring immediately under the point the hook ou the body oi the snap, by which the ring is prevented from leaving the hook of the snap or oft passing out `under the spring.

Iiit'th. In that of piercing n hole or slot through the body the snap, through which to pass the hook. on the end ot the spring, and by.

which the end of the spring is' sustained in its int-ended position. l

l Sixth. In that of providing each side bar of the body ofthe snapwith an elevated shoulder,

which, in combination with the flattened point oi' the hook,n1osteffeotnally prevents the ring from beiagjtnrnetl back upon the spring.

Figure 1 is a top View ot' the snap complete.

2 is a side View of same in section.

` I form the body ot' the snap Withtwo side bars, A' A', and by which the loop() and hook B are connected, leaving an open space between wide enough to operate the spring D with the end of the thumb. A' A', may be bent so as to represent, from a face or top view, the outline ot' a heart, harp, shield,'or buckle-frame, and may be finished in a greatvariet'y ot' .diierent ways. f

B, Fig. l,`represen ts the hook of the snap liattened out so as to form the rejecting corners vX X, the front or point of t ic hook representing the segment ci' encircle.

D is thespring, secured to the rear end ot' the snap, in the well-known mode of doing the same, by rivet l.

turned down and made to forni the hook E,

which hook,fron1 a side, View (see.Fig.2,) represents the segment of a circle. The end of Vthis hook E passes into a hole or slot, F, which is pierced through the body ofthe snap immediatelyunder the point of the hook B, and in which the hook Eis allowed to play up and down when the spring D is operated lupon by the end of thepthu mb. The object 'of this hole or slot F (see Fig. il) is to keep the end ofthe spring-hook against any backward pressure ot' the ring. The under side of the point of the hook B has an indentation, H, (see Fig. 3,) to receive the end of the spring D, and by which theglatter is prevented from being forced laterally out ot' its position.

When the ring is in place itis most-t coinpletely locked inthe hook B ot' the snap', and cannot escape until the spring D is acted upon, as designed. The projecting corners X X on theendof the hook B, and the hook .Eon the end of the spring D, will, Linder all circumstances, so guard the ring on which the snap is hooked away from the straight portion ot' the spring D as to render any action upon the spring by the ring literally impossible, and thereby make what has pever yet been produced-a positive lock-snap.

For a cheaper class'of snap ciple, I omit the springhook upon this prin- 2,) on each of the side hars, A' A', otthe snap. These shoulders K, I place on the -side bars,

These side hars,

The front ot the spring D is E in position and to support it E 4andslot F; In this case, however, I place a solid perpen-4 dicular shoulder, k,`(rnarked in red, Figs. l and far/enough to allow the passing into the book tbeliook E to operate in the slotFfrom the of an ordinary-sized heavy ring. j top or face side ofthe ebody of the snap;. but By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that 'Ipr'eferturning the spring over and have the the opening o o between the frontline of the hookd made to enter the slot Ffrom the botvJiook B and the front line of' the shoulders K tolnins place of .the top, as now s hown. K (shown bythe red dotted, lines) represents As now represented the lpoint of the hook the segment of a circle, and that the ring can- Erfis made to enter the slotFvt'rom the top, and not therefore be droppedin to the hook B unpoints downward, Byret'ersingi tthe point of less it be held in a horizontal position, so that the hookE enters the s lotFfrom. the bottom, jfany other position which the ring may assume and rests up against 4thefbottom sideot',V the after passing into'the hook B willof itself, and hookB in: the indentation H. without the. aid of the spring D,-prevent its Now what Iolaim as new of. 1nyfinvention,v escape from the' hook. l and-*desire to secure by Letters Patent, is=` The-operation of the ring in the-hook of this 1. The open' skeleton-frenie A A AA A, vsnep is substantially ais-follows: The'spring D when constructed vand operating inthe manis depressed by the end of `the thumb, whenl ner and for the purpose shown and described. tbe ring is placed horizontallyv in vthe opening 2. Spreading the point ot' the hook Bso as o 0,' and passes-down into the hook B. v`Ii", now, to form .the projecting corners X X, or their -thering' is turned up in a perpendicular Imst equivalents, in the manner and for the purpose tionend drawnfover against' 'eitherside oftbel .substantially'as shown and described. book, and you then" attempt to turn the vrin V 3. The indentation H, `or its equivalent, onv back down upon the top of the sidebagrs, A' A', the' bottom side of the point ofthe hook B, in the projecting cornerX on the end ot the hook combination with the curved end of thespring will carry the ring away from the end`of S,in the manner and for the purpose substanthe spring D and throwit Aaround-against tially as shown and described.

Atheside and tnprof the shoulder'K, and which y 4. The hook E on the end ot' the spring D,

latter, 1n 1ts';turn prerents -the ring from euconstructed and operating in the manner and' tering tbeopeningo o, or ofcomingin contact I for the purpose substantially as shown and with .the spring D.v idescribed. j I

In place of -spreading'the point. of the hook '5. The slot orhole F through the body of B seas-to form the projecting- -corners-XX, the sua-p,'in the manner and for the purpose a. cross-bar of suitable .proportion and shape substantially as' shown and described. attached to the end of tbe-hook will answer (i. The lshoulders K and K, or their equivathe same purpose.- p i be peculiar. arrangement ot' thehook E on attened point ot' the hook B and projecting the body ofthe snap admits of using tbespring pose substantiallyns shown and described. withequal advantage, whether secured to the OYRUS W. SA LA'DEE. top or bottomjside of the snap. l Witnesses: v v

, As now represented by the' drawings' the E. A. SALAJJEE, spring -is secured in such manner as tocause it.' E. SIMMONS, 

